The Story of the Linne-Laughlin Family!: Hot Air Balloonist Tracie

Friday, May 11, 2007

Hot Air Balloonist Tracie

Hi Everyone!

Always the wild and crazy Tracie, my latest adventure was hot air ballooning! Here are a couple of pictures from my work outing yesterday. I was lucky to be able to take an untethered ride over the Heber Valley of Utah. It was so warm and serene (even at 6:00 AM!) I also learned how to "milk" the 300lb+ balloon without falling into the bag (too many times!) Ha ha! Enjoy!

Tracie

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Hello Tracie,

That looks like so much fun. You are a crazy woman. Were you scared? I would be. The weather is nice here in New Jersey and I am hoping that it will be nice for Sunday. My mom is coming over for dinner and I would like to BBQ. We will have to wait and see. Happy mother's day. Tell everyone that I said hello and I cannot wait until Abbie comes home.

Love, Lisa
( Billy, Samantha and Sydnie); May 11, 2007 at 3:50 PM
Abbie Le Qian said...: Hi Lisa!

I wasn't scared at all! It was such a blast. We only went to 1,400 ft. My balloon pilot has been as high as 15,000 ft! Could you imagine?? He went over a big mountain range. Have a wonderful weekend and a happy Mother's Day! I miss you and wish you could come to China to pick up Abbie with me!

Love you! Tracie; May 11, 2007 at 9:45 PM
Anonymous said...: I would love to come but I would want to bring home another child if I went.; May 15, 2007 at 7:43 AM

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